Companion to the Bible eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 863 pages of information about Companion to the Bible.

Companion to the Bible eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 863 pages of information about Companion to the Bible.

John’s epistles,
  the first epistle, 93, 497, seq.;
  the second and third, 500.

John the Presbyter, 503.

Jonah, book of, 338.

Jonathan, Targum of, 207.

Josephus,
  his account of the Old Testament canon, 195, 197;
  testimony to the book of Daniel, 325;
  account of the feast of Purim, 263.

Joshua, book of,
  its office and contents, 241;
  age and authorship, 243;
  authenticity and credibility, 244.

Joshua the high-priest, as a type of Christ, 590.

Judaizing teachers, 448;
  in Galatia, 459;
  among the Colossians, 463;
  of the Pastoral Epistles, 477.

Jude, Epistle of, 501, seq.

Judges of the Old Testament, their character and office, 245.

Judges, book of, 245, seq.;
  its chronology, 247.

K.

Kephalaia, 375.

Keys of the kingdom of heaven, 575.

Kingdom of Israel,
  its establishment, 249;
  division, 254;
  extinction of the kingdom of the ten tribes, 254.

Kingdom of Judah,
  its origin, 254;
  its extinction, 255.

Kingly office, typical of Christ, 118, 249, 582.

Kings, books of,
  originally one, 252,
  their contents and office, 252;
  chronology, 255.

L.

Lamentations of Jeremiah, 314;
  peculiar structure of the book, 315.

Laodiceans, epistle to the, 465.

Last days, meaning of the term, 608;
  prophecies concerning, 611, seq.

Law.  See Pentateuch.

Lectionaries, 378.

Leviticus, book of,
  meaning of the word, 235;
  its contents, 235, seq.

Limitations in the interpretation of languages, 542.

Luke the Evangelist,
  his origin and relation to Paul, 431;
  his sources of information, 432;
  his identity with the author of the Acts of the Apostles, 440.

Luke’s gospel,
  its date, 432;
  plan and character, 433;
  peculiar matter, 434;
  its integrity, 435;
  its genealogy of our Lord, 433, 435.

Lyons and Vienne, letter of the churches of, 40, 88, 503.

M.

Maccabees, family of, 359;
  origin of the name, 360.

Maccabees, apocryphal books of, 360, seq.

Malachi, book of, 348.

Manasses, apocryphal prayer of, 359.

Manuscripts, ancient mode of writing, 60, 172, 373, 382.

Manuscripts of the Old Testament,
  their age and form, 180;
  synagogue rolls, 181.

Manuscripts of the New Testament,
  their early multiplication, 64;
  noted manuscripts, Vatican, 384;
  Sinai, 385;
  Alexandrine, 385, seq.;
  Ephraem, 386,
  Dublin palimpsest, 387;
  Beza’s, 387, seq.;
  purple, 388;
  cursive manuscripts, 388.

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